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Gorilla trekking in Virunga NP
offered by supplier M15547 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 7
- 14
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 8
people
Destination(s):
Congo
Zaire
Rwanda
Specialty Categories:
Wildlife Viewing
Ecotourism
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: Yes
Minimum Per Person Price: 2320 Euro (EUR)
Maximum Per Person Price: 4000 Euro (EUR)
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Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Kinshasa and transfer to the hotel, briefing and lunch.
Day 2: 02.00 pm: arrival in Goma from Kinshasa. Transfer to the hotel and briefing. Dinner and overnight
Day 3: 6.30 am - after an early breakfast, departure to Nyiragongo Volcano. 7.30 am - beginning of the Volcano climbing, lunch. 18.00 pm - dinner and overnight stay in tented campement on the volcano. We admire the glow of the hot lavaflow.
Day 4: 8.30 am - Return to Goma. 13.00 pm - unch at the hotel and relax; A city tour in Goma and its surroundings Drive on the shores of Lake Kivu, visit the volcano green and dark lakes, Sake market . Walking on lava flows of different ages, especially the 2002 flows.
18.00 pm - dinner in hotel.
Day 5: 5.00 am - early breakfast. 5.30 am - Departure to Jomba / Bukima. 7.30 am - 1-4 hours hike each way for Gorilla trekking.
Lunch at Jomba or Bukima lodges. Pygmy dances. 16.00 pm - dinner and overnight in Jomba.
Day 6: 7.30 am - Breakfast. After breakfast, we’ll go and visit the caves of Djomba and some different villages from the region; 18.00 pm - return to the hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day 7: 8.30 am - Breakfast. Visit of the Rutshuru Falls and the nearby Mayi Ya Moto hot springs. 15.00 pm - return to Goma, dinner and overnight.
Day 8: 9.00 am - Breakfast and boat trip on Lake Kivu to “Paradise Island of Idjwi”. 16.00 am - Return to Goma, dinner and overnight.
Day 9: 8.00 am - Breakfast and climb of Mount Goma. Visit of the vulcanologic observatory of Goma. City tour for shopping. 16.00 pm - Dinner and overnight.
Day 10: 9.00 am - Breakfast. 12.30 pm - transfer to Goma airport and departure for Kinshasa. 18.00 pm - arrival in Kinshasa, transfer to the hotel.
Day 11: 8.00 - Breakfast. 9.00 - Departure. We'll start with the memorial of the former DRC president Kabila, the statue of Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister who has been murdered in the beginning of independence. We go further to Kinkole , a fishermen village , and will visit the local market. From there by boat , down streams, back to Kinshasa. 12.00 - Embarkation and lunch on board On road, we can see how the river transport with goods and passengers goes on and we can imagine the wealth of the city in the past.
13,30 Arrival in Kinshasa and going further on to the rapids of Kinsuka. 14.00/14.30 - Arrival and visit of the rapids. 18.00 - Arrival in the hotel. 19. 00 - Diner
Day 12: Kinshasa - visit of the fabrication of artwork of bronze, wood sculpture and handmade furniture. 8.00 - Breakfast. 9.00 - Departure We'll visit different workshops and we'll see how bronze and Malachite, paintings, wood sculpture and handmade furniture will be born, out of the hands of their creator. 12. 30 - Lunch. 13.30 - We'll continue the tour and will visit also " Gare Central", the market were all art and souvenirs are exposed and if we still have enough time, also " Symphonie Des Arts", with an exposition of really top quality art products. 18.00 - Arrival in the hotel. 19.00 - Dinner.
Day 13: Kinshasa - chute de Lukaya and the Bonobo sanctuary 8,00 Breakfast. 9.00 - Departure Passing the suburbs of Kinshasa, direction Bas-Congo, we'll arrive at " chute de Lukaya" . Visit of the bonoboreserve, a sanctuary for orphaned Bonobo-monkeys, one of the five Great Apes, and the closest to mankind Visit of Chutes de Lukaya - A recreational domain outside Kinshasa. Swimming possibility. 16.30 - Transfer to hotel. 18.00 - Arrival in the hotel
19.00 - Dinner
Day 14: 7.00 am - Breakfast and transfer to the airport for check in and departure.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Also see tour packages in:
Africa
Congo
Zaire
Rwanda
Wildlife Viewing
Ecotourism
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